DÁIL QUESTIONS 2014

Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of grants and payments under the forestry environment protection scheme who have been from County Waterford in the past three years; and the average annual payment to these recipients.

REPLY (Dec 16, 2014)Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney): The details requested in respect of recipients of grants and premiums under the Forest Environment Protection Scheme (FEPS) payable in respect of lands planted in Waterford are as follows:

As eligibility for payment of FEPS payments was linked to participation in REPS, the fall-off in numbers in the Scheme was attributable to the ending of REPS in 2009.